Of Love (a poem)

She likes to wear socks.

In bed.

And on the couch.

Two different ones.

Socks, not beds.

Or couches.

One on either foot.

Not two on one foot.

That would be weird.

I like the feeling

of one socked foot

in my crotch.

Enjoying that feel of gently stroking

and occassionally squeezing toes

While I caress

her other socked foot

as we watch Netflix.

Laying on the couch.

Which is very comfortable.

As comfortable

as touching her soul

with mine

and our heartbeats synchronize

while they slowly 

pick up speed

simultanously.

Until they race

and we slowly make love

to eachother,

accelarating when it feels right

or left.

depending on the position

our bodies are in

at the moment

our limbs 

could make virtual onlookers think

we are behaving

- as in the poem

I fail to recall -

like mad,

mangled crodociles 

of love.

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Here in a 'picvoice':

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We are being manipulated

'Want to show people that you are a strong independent woman who makes her own choices? Smoke cigarettes!' By appealing to the idea that a strong independent woman doesn't listen to the government or to her husband Edward Bernays persuaded tens of thousands of American women to start smoking.

In stead of  'Buy this product!' he invented advertising that appealed to people's ego: 'Want to feel good? Drive this car!' 'Want to stay slim, buy this milk!', 'Want to separate from everyone else? Buy this service!' And of course people want to feel good, stay slim, want to be different from others. So, marketing was born. Creating a whole new billion dollar industry of people getting paid to deceive and manipulate.

Not only manufacturers and shop-owners use tricks to pursuade people to buy stuff. Politicians use the same tricks to 'sell' their ideas. 'Feel bad because you lost you job? Vote me and I'll get rid of the foreigners who stole your job!' 'Want to get rid of the mess I created? Vote me and I'll clean it up myself!'

Appeal to someone's ego and they stop thinking. Try it: give someone a (well-meant. That helps.) compliment just when they are about to say something and nine out of ten times their 'train of thought' is derailed.

In the Netherlands in the media this is called 'the Bokito-effect'. While the government tried to hide the fact they were secretly storing nucleair missiles (while the vast majority of the population was against those weapons of mass destruction) an ape escaped from a zoo and a huge media offensive was launched evolving around the ape (called 'Bokito'). most likely instigated by high government officials to distract attention from a much larger issue. But everybody talked about Bokito who was frontpage news while information about the nukes got a single paragraph on page 17 (as a matter of speaking) in the papers.

Of course you would never fall for 'mindtricks', making you buy things or services you don't need, right?

Now look around you and ask yourself if all the items you can see are items you really can't live without. But you can't be fooled. Right?

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Technoviking (what happened to him?)

In 2000 the world shared this video of a shirtless man, quickly dubbed 'The Technoviking' because his features resemble our image of a Viking and he danced to techno. 

Also: he behaved very manly by pulling a guy away from a lady who was being harrassed. Thousands started looking for more information about this fine example of a human being and many gave up after a couple of years. But a few persisted. What happened to Technoviking and to the man he defended a young lady against? And this is what they discovered: 

(Without reading the story: what do you think about the identity, whereabouts and lifestyle of the Technoviking?)

https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2015/07/20/where-are-they-now-techno-viking/

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Wet and naked (a poem, prose, a short story or whatever you want to call it)

Their arms wrapped around their unveiled bodies,

closer than ever before.

The warm water providing a soothing experience

while it splashed unto that one being

that once were two.

Just them, some local flora and fauna

and the sound of water, numbing their thoughts and fears

on that tropical island.

He smiled from sheer delight

and knew she did too.

Holding that thought

he closed the shower taps,

was bemused by his wrinkely fingers

and stepped into bed,

wet and naked.

Here's me, reading above piece in a 'picvoice':

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Getting 'unconfused' by the power of dance and music

The world is at times confusing and sometimes we don't know how to handle things. Fortunately there are people that help us to get a grasp and make us feel at peace. Even only for a couple of minutes. Here's a great example: The power of music is nothing sort of magic. As these commuters experience: Sometimes all it takes is one person to get a party started. And you know what? you can be that person!  

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America is a mess and not 'the land of the free'

Coming november every citizen in the United States of America will choose who will lead their country for the next four years. That's called democracy. You know, that system where everyone has a vote. Except for people who are not allowed to vote. Like people under the age of eighteen, some felons, mentally disabled (that's arbitrary. Can you imagine the situation if dumb people wouldn't be allowed to vote?) and permanent residents who are not American. And that 's an improvement from the older form of democracy where everyone could vote unless they were poor, slave, female or had a dark skin colour.

One scandal is followed by the next. People from the Trump-administration have been send to jail and he has personal friends in high places and still makes money from his businesses. He and his relatives stole money from a children's cancer fund, his wife was an illegal alien who worked as a nude model and got her parents in on chain migration. The entire family seems through and through corrupt (click) but still over 30 percent of all Americans cheer him on. Do they wánt their country to be the laughing stock of the world and in a few years get their food and shelter from help-organisations?

As a foreigner to US citizens I have a question: why would any sane person vote for four more years of what is going on now?

(I know it's spelled 'fascism'. My bad. Sorry.)

Here's mister Trump saying he's proud of what he and his people did in Kenosha

Stating: 'If people choose Joe Biden in November, this is what America will look like.'

So I couldn't resist creating a meme:

Feel free to answer that simple question in the comment section of this blog and to share the memes I created on social media. And - to my American friends and relatives: good luck coming November!

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Secrets (an envelope-tale)

Every house has its secrets.

So did the people who once lived here.

Every person hides secrets in a different way.

Some keep them to themselves, some share them

with a friend or family. While others

keep them in plain sight, letting others believe

they don't have secrets.

The family in this house had

kept their secret safe. In a safe. To be safe.

Save from the unforseen disaster

that made them leave

the old wooden closet

and the metal box

that was riveted to the bottom

and closed

without a key in sight.

Forever hiding the secret

that proved

every house has its secrets.

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